It definitely does, without a doubt. We published a report in 2001, which is also on our website, called “The Future of Southeast Asia”. A section of that report, which you can download, identifies risk factors.
Why does this girl or this woman or this young boy end up in human trafficking? What's special about them? What happened to them? In that country, because of the civil war, a lot of it had to do with the loss of a parent. The loss of family support is huge.
A lot of these young women were raped. There were no criminal proceedings against the men who did it and they're still free in the community. They have a loss of face and a loss of reputation. They're now sidelined and marginalized, and the next thing you know, someone comes along to offer them a job and they take it.
These are the kinds of problems we have to overcome, and sexual discrimination is definitely a big one.